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James PRATER Obituary
89 of Adams Co., passed away at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio, on Thursday, January 14, 2021. He was born on May 30, 1931, in
Trenton, Ohio, to Walter &
Bessie (McGuire) Prater. James served our country by serving in the U.S. Army during the
Korean War. He retired from Armco Steel in 1979 after 27 years of service as a welder. James was a past member of the VFW # 3809 in Middletown. He is survived by his children, Thomas (Terri) Prater of Jacksonburg, OH, Michael (Rhonda) Prater of Manchester, OH, James (Twana) Prater of Middletown, OH, and Christie (Justin) Johnson of Manchester, OH; his siblings, Paul Prater of Miltonville, Etta Bratcher of Middletown, Jenny (Dale) Hoffman of Seven Mile and Sylvia Love of Somerville and many loving grandchildren as well as a being a great-grandfather to many. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary Prater, brothers, Walter Jr., Harold and Bob Prater; infant son, Carl Allen Prater; daughter, Beverly Sue (Prater) Bailey and sisters, Cora Thomas and Betty
Johnson. Visitation will be on Wednesday, January 20th from 5:00-8:00 pm at the Baker-Stevens-Parramore Funeral Home, 1500 Manchester Avenue. Funeral Services will be on
Thursday, January 21st at 1:00 pm also at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Woodside Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.bakerstevensparramore.com.
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Twana Prater
January 19, 2021
Jim was my dad for 24 yrs . Im forever grateful and I loved him wholeheartedly, he will be dearly missed by so many. He tickled me, he would sometimes get alittle frustrated at something he might of been doing, and would hollar for me and bicker calling me Mary. We bonded watching his afternoon shows on tv like, Cheyenne, Gun Smoke, but half the times me and dad would take a nap threw them, lol. After dinner, he would tell us so many memories he had, from being a boy to his days in service, to when his kids were little. He surely had a way of telling his memories to us. Such memories that i will always have for life, that I'll cherish forever. Forever, i will Love you Dad. Now your precious life begins for eternity. I'll see you again.
Love, Twana
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